Screen and window



April 1, 1930. o. KARLSLYST SCREEN AND WINDOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 8, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 1, 1930. OQKARLSLYST SCREEN AND WINDOW Filed June 1928 Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES OSCAR KABLSLYS'I, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA SCREEN AND WINDOW Application filed June 8, 1928. Serial No. 283,854.

This invention aims to provide a novel means whereby a pair of screens may be mounted in a window frame. Another object of the invention is to provide novel means i whereby window sashes may be mounted in a novel way, in a window frame, so that the sashes may be swung in and out and be reversed for washing or other purposes.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention,

parts being in section;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section;

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the screens;

Figure 4: is a fragmental section on the line H of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmental section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is an elevation showing one of the links and attendant parts;

Figure 7 is an elevation showing parts of the screens, portions being in section.

The numeral 1 marks a frame on the stiles of which there are abutment strips 2. C10- sures in the form of screens 3 are provided, each screen including a frame and a body of netting carried by the frame. The inner horizontal edges of the screens may be halved together, as shown at 4 in Figure 2. Brackets 5 are secured to the stiles of the frame 1 at a point about midway between the top and bottom of the frame. The brackets 5 are supplied at their outer ends with loop shaped heads 6 in which are secured the in- 51} termediate portions of outwardly bowed springs The ends 8 of the springs 7 are reversely curved and bear, respectively, on the stiles of the two screens 3, as shown, for instance, in Figures 7 and 3.

The springs 7 tend to hold the screens 3 against the abutment strips 2. It is possible, however, referring particularly to Figure 2, to pull the upper screen forwardly and then shove it down in front of the lower screen, the springs 7 yielding enough so that this can be accomplished. Similarly the upper end of the lower screen 3 can be disengaged from the lower edge of the upper screen, and, then, the lower screen can be shoved up in backof the upper screen. and be held there by the pressure of the springs 7.

Closures in the form of sashes 9 are provided, each sash including a frame and a pane of glass carried thereby. The sashes 9 may be located in the same vertical plane, within the frame 1, as shown in Figure 2. i The sashes 9 are bevelled and overlapped, as shown at 10, at their meeting ends, and a strip 11, carried by the lower, part of the upper sash, overlaps the upper part ofthe lower sash, the construction shown'at 111O affording a weather-tight joint. Anchor plates 12 are secured to the inner surfaces of the stiles of the frame 1. There are recesses 14 in the outer edges of the stiles of the sashes 9. Anchor plates 15 are located in the re cesses 14 and are secured to the stiles of the sashes 9. The anchor plates 15 on the sashes are located considerably above the anchor plates 12 on the frame 1. Rigid links 16 are supplied and are located in the recesses 14:. The links 16 are pivoted at their lower ends to the anchor plates 12 and at their upper ends to the anchor plates 15. Foot plates 17 are countersunk into the vertical edges of the sashes 9 at the upper ends of the sashes. Casings 18 are carried by the foot plates 17 and extend through the sashes, as shown in Figure 4, into recesses 19 whichare formed in the upper edges of the sashes.

Pivot elements or plungers 20 are slidable in the casings 18 and are pressed outwardly by springs 21 located in the casings 18. The outer ends of the plungers or pivot elements 1 H slide in vertical grooves 22 which are formed in the inner surfaces of the stiles of the frame 1.

The sashes 9 may be swung outwardly into various positions, as shown in Figure 2, the links 16 being pivoted on the anchor plates 12 which are secured to the stiles of the frame 1. The plungers 20 slide up and down in the grooves 52 and. form the pivot elements 011 which the sashes 9 swing. Moreover, because the plunger-s 20 are pressed out tightly against the stiles of the frame 1 by the action of the springs 21, the sashes 9 will be held in any position to which they may have been swung, as shown in dotted line in Figure 2. The sashes 9 may not only be swung outwardly, as above described, to obtain ventilation, but they may be reversed, so that the outside of the sashes are pressed inwardly, for cleaning or painting.

Referring to Figure 4. it will be noted that the inner ends of the pluugers 20 are accessible by way ofthe recesses 19 It is possible, therefore, for the ope 'ator to gain access to the plungers 20, from the inside of the window, so that the plungers can be retracted out of the grooves 17 thereby permitting the closure to be reversed, as and for the purpose hereinbefore described,

hat is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a frame including stiles and abutments, closures located in a common plane in the frame, an arched spring bearing at its ends on the closures, and means for securing the inter- 4' mediate portion of the spring to the frame whereby the closures may be moved transversely with respect to each other and slid longitudinally to locate one closure in front of the other, the spring constituting means for pressing the closures against the abutments both when the closures are located in a common plane and when the closures are arranged one in front ofthe other.

2. In a device of the class described, a.

frame including stiles and abutments, closures locatedm a common plane in the frame,

a bracket secured to one of the stiles and located near to the inner ends of the closures, and an arched sprin secured in its in termediate portion to the of the spring bearing on the closures, to press them against the abutments, the spring being yieldable to permit either closure to be moved transversely and slid longitudinally in front of the other.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame including stiles and abutments, closures located in the common plane in the frame, a bracket secured to one stile and comprising an inwardly extended head disposed approximately parallel to the closures, and a spring of arched form hearing at its ends on the closures, the intermediate portion of the spring being connected to the head of the bracket, and the head of the bracket being hrackets, the ends 

